Meanings
comparative more gigantesque · superlative most gigantesque
- Very large; like a giant; gigantic.
As Smythe took the handles and they turned the great corner of the street, Angus was amused to see a gigantesque poster of “Smythe’s Silent Service,” with a picture of a huge headless iron doll, carrying a saucepan with the legend, “A Cook Who is Never Cross.”
1911, G. K. Chesterton, “The Invisible Man”, in The Innocence of Father Brown
Synonyms & antonyms
Origin
- Ancient Greekγίγᾱς“giant”
- Italiangigantesco
- Englishgigantesque
From French, from Italian gigantesco, ultimately from Ancient Greek γίγᾱς (gígās, “giant”). Compare giga-, giant.
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Spanish gigantesco
- gigantescoTranslations
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